Alliums: Reports of poor garlic growth and stand this spring due to poor quality seed stock planted in fall. A variety of factors contribute to this, including eriophyid mite damage, fusarium, and winter injury from freezing and thawing. As first cutting of hay wraps up and early grains are taken for straw or drying down, Read More…
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Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds, Week 9
This post is a text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera So let’s jump right in to thinking about some considerations for treatments at Petal Fall.. So let’s focus on what we might be seeing coming in very quickly. A Read More…
ENYCHP Weekly Vegetable Pest Update
May 24, 2023 Alliums: Seed corn maggot activity has significantly slowed down or stopped in the Hudson Valley and plants are recovering from injury. The spring Allium leafminer adult flight has peaked or stopped in the Hudson Valley. Growers using row-cover to protect onions should keep covers on to protect from onion maggot flies that are Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 8
Scaffolds Digest: Week 8 This post is a text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera Today I will be talking with Dr. Michelle Heck. She works at the interface of plant disease and vector biology. And today we’re going Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Frost Risk for Northern NY Tomorrow Morning (5/18)
Frost Risk for Northern NY Tomorrow Morning Mike Basedow We have a frost risk through much of Northern NY early Thursday morning. Here are some of the forecasted lows and windspeeds for a few locations throughout the region early tomorrow morning: Clifton Park: 31, wind 2-3 mph Burnt Hills: 31, wind 3-5 mph Fonda: 28, Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 7
This post is a text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera This week I’m going to talk to you about IPM and some innovations in IPM that may be on the horizon. I’m also going to talk to you Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 6
This post is a text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera This week I want to change gears a little bit and talk about chemigation. So companies are starting to come to me and ask if I can test Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Fertilization of ‘Honeycrisp’ with Consideration of Rootstock to Manage Bitter Pit
Terence Robinson, Lailiang Cheng, and Mario Miranda Sazo In the last few years, we have studied nutrient levels in ‘Honeycrisp’ fruit as influenced by rootstock and found that some rootstocks impart higher potassium and nitrogen levels in the fruit than others. It does not seem that they have less Ca in the fruit, but the Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Petal Fall Insect Management Review
Monique Rivera, Ph.D., Cornell AgriTech, and Mike Basedow, CCE-ENYCHP As we will soon approach petal fall in portions of the Capital Region, we want to share a reminder of the key pests we are targeting during this critical timing. Woolly apple aphid This pest has been creeping into more blocks in ENY over the past Read More…
FSMA Inspection and On-Farm Readiness Review Updates
Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP & Craig Kahlke, CCE LOFP Is your farm ready for a FSMA Produce Safety Rule inspection? As the growing season begins, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is booking inspections and educational On-Farm Readiness Reviews (OFRRs) around the state to see farm activities in action. For the third Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 5
This post is a text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera So we are cruising right along towards bloom in western New York and in the Hudson Valley. There are places where they’re at king bloom and starting to Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 4
This post is text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera Well, folks, it looks like we’re off to a weird start to the season with a week of summer weather and now in western New York, cooler and wetter Read More…